5 days ago Cooper hit the 18 month mark!!
For those of you who don’t speak in the “months” language, I’m sorry! He’s a year and a half! I remember laughing at people who said their kid’s age in months. I thought it was quite irritating in fact! My brother totally makes fun of me. “Why can’t you just say a year and a half?” Now as a parent, I know there’s a huge difference between months. This is Cooper at 16 months. He has changed soo much!
Dozens of other moms have told me that this age is the best stage and currently I agree 100%. I feel like I now have a little buddy instead of a little baby. He actually listens and helps; which makes a gigantic difference! Don’t get me wrong-I do miss my little baby! But with this kid weighing almost 30lbs, it’s so nice to be able to hold his hand while walking down the street instead of carrying him!
At 18 months-
Cooper opens and closes every door in our house.
(I love seeing his little toes peaking under the door)
He sits in one place for more than 5 minutes. He really likes to watch videos of himself at my computer.
He is learning about plants and how to be gentle & respectful of them. We still have a long way to go!
He RUNS now. Which makes my life more hectic!
He loves to put things back in the box they came in.
And freaks out when I undo what he does…
He has totally outgrown our changing table. There was a time where he barely filled half of it!
He loves the camera even more now and tries to push all the buttons if I let him.
He LOVES baseball and gets super excited when he sees anything baseball related- thanks to his dad!
He is really interested in the alphabet and says the letters D, F, O, K, R, T & N.
He is starting to brush his own teeth and lets me brush them without a huge dramatic production.
He laughs and babbles A LOT. This kid has his own language and I love listening to him.
He is super interested in animal noises right now! It’s super cute when he neighs like a horse and says moos like a cow.
He loves reading books with us and climbs up on our laps to do so. He has started hugging and kissing us and it’s an absolute joy!
